Bethuel Borton
& Rebecca Cliffton |
Bethuel Borton was born January 2, 1782
in Evesham Twp, Burlington Co, New Jersey. He died in 1832 in New Jersey.
He married Rebecca Cliffton April 18,
1805 at Haddonfield, New Jersey. Rebecca was born September 12, 1786 and
died April 8, 1861 in Fulton County, Ohio. She is buried in the Friends
Burial Ground in Williams County, Ohio.
They had 11 children all born in Evesham,
Burlington County, New Jersey:
1. Charity Borton
2. Mary Borton
3. Benjamin Borton II
4. Nathan W. Borton
5. Rebecca Borton
6. Bethuel Borton Jr.
7. Reuben Borton
8. Job Borton
9. John Borton
10. Martha Ann Borton
11. Samuel Cliffton Borton
one of the oldest pioneers of
Fulton county, and the oldest person
near the Corners, died at his
residence on Feb. 10th, at 6 a.m.,
from the infirmities of old age, being
78 years, 10
months and 14
days old. The funeral was held at the Disciple
church, owing to
the smallness of his own church, and the remains
were placed in
the Friend's graveyard. Benjamin Borton, son of
Bathuel and
Rebecca Borton, was born near Philadelphia, March
16th 1809.
Here in 1835 he married Abigal Borton by whom he had
two children,
both of whom are still living. He came to this part of
the State in 1838,
but went back and moved his family out in 1839,
and purchased
and moved on the Packard farm, then in Brady but
now in Franklin
township, where he lived until his death. His wife
died in 1860, and
in 1863 he married Elizabeth Wright of New
Jersey, who survives him.
In 1840 Mr. Borton started the first store
near the Corners, in his old
log house, and he also started the first
nursery, which he run for
some years. He has filled many of the
township offices, and although
he was bountifully blessed with this
world's goods, he was plain and unassuming, Mr. Borton was a
life-long member of the Friend's Church,
and he and his brother
built the little church, the meetings in which
he attended faithfully,
and through life lived his religion. He leaves a
wife, two daughters,
ten grand-children, four brothers, many other
relatives, and a very
large circle of friends, both in Ohio and Michigan,
to mourn his loss,
as his kindness and consideration for others, and
especially for the
poor, made friends of all who knew him. Franklin
township loses
one of its most esteemed citizens. - Masters' Corners
Correspondent to West Unity Chief.
The Bryan
Press, Bryan, Ohio; Thursday, February 23, 1888